Eine eigentumliche, typisch mittelalterliche Auffassung von Herrscher und Herrschaft, Herrschaftszeichen und Legitimitat zeigen zwei Kommentare Walthers von der Vogelweide zur doppelten deutschen Koenigswahl von 1198. In den beiden Spruchen wirbt…

Argues that the literary reception of the Nibelungenlied was problematic long before twentieth century. This book uncovers heterogeneous cultural context from which the poem emerged. It challenges scholarly readers to…

The articles in this anthology examine cultures of competition in visual-art and literary depictions and in socio-cultural practices in the period from 1450 to 1620. The main focus is on…

This Dictionary of Authors covers the literary landscape between the Reformation and the Thirty Years’ War in a very reliable and representative way. With more than 500 articles and several…